adam72

What team outside of Boston could match a Lester/Ellsbury start to a trade? I cannot think of one. Sure, Ellsbury is gone more than likely in 2 years, but you hold onto him for 12 months and get the 2 draft picks in a worse case scenario. Pretty sure Lester would be under Seattle's control for 2 (if not 3) more seasons. Ill even throw in Iglesias and Ill even throw in Matt Barnes too. Too much you say? Not really. You arent going to be able to re-sign Ellsbury, Lester is nothing more than a solid 2 on his best day, Iglesias may be the most overhyped prospect since the signing of Dwayne Hosey (I will take my chances with Mike Aviles in the next 2 years), and in Matt Barnes you have a pitcher who MAY be a one. But, Im getting arguably a top 3 ACE. Look at the Sox troubles this year....they all stem around pitching and not having a true ace or stopper. We will not win without one. So...where do you get him? You trade for him, and there is no one more primed to be had than him, regardless of what Seattle says. Commerce Highschool has a better offense that Seattle.....

so.......what does that tell you? there was NO MARKET FOR THE GUY. none. Couple it with the fact that the sox had to move him now, and this is what you could get. You couldnt hold onto the guy anymore....he was disrupting this lineup without even purposely doing it, Time for him to go....

been saying for a long time.....you need 60 days to make a judgement on a team, especially this year. New manager whos been out of the big leagues for a long time.....I think he needed to have the game slow down for him some, get his feet under him,and get to know his players from a personnel point of view. And he has done that.....he has the bullpen firing on all cylinders right now. And, I will give credit to the player...they have come out over the past month and played with alot of passion, comraderie, and have been PROFESSONAL. You dont need to like your boss....you dont even need to respect him. But you need to have a sense of pride for what you do, how it affects your teammates, and have each others backs. It appears to be happening now. and it doesnt help that the starting pitching is finally starting to pitch better!! :)

pump the breaks a little people...Reddick is a nice little player, but Ryan Kalish is higher on the Sox depth charts than him. Just 3 years ago, Reddick was such a free swinger that management made him wait until he had 2 strikes before he could swing!! again, a nice little player, but at the time the trade was made, NO ONE was saying anything. It takes a freakish amount of injuries to have the "we want Reddick" chants out there! Kalish will be back soon enough, and if jackie bradley keeps pounding the ball in AA, he very well could make his way to AAA and up here soon enough....

"Visibly drunk" equates to this guy probably being absolutely sh#$faced. I have been to this particular establishment...trust me, you are not being asked to leave unless you are 1) falling down, 2) drop a beverage, 3) stumble, or 4) create an altercation or disturbance. no doubt he was letting off a little steam...Harvard Business School isnt easy. I would imagine that the bar is paranoid right now about a law suit which no doubt is forthcoming. But what absolute tragedy!!!!

Of course there is always the possibility that Middlebrooks could be a bust. Obviously, he is going to slump..its part of the learning process. But, heres the "x" factor...Youkilis is gone after this year NO MATTER WHAT. They are not picking up that option. So, given that, he needs to be moved. Now, if the thought process is that he needs to play 3rd base here when he is healthy to showcase him, Cherington BETTER be ready to move him NO MATTER WHAT, 30 or 40 cents on the dollar. If your thought process is "we want more", you are delusional, especially seeing what Youkilis is making in $$ this year and what he will be owed. Personally, I would love for them to keep Youkilis down in Pawtucket for a few weeks; its more a sign of him showing he can be healthy vs. still being able to hit since I think we know he can. Keep him there, let scouts go watch him, then move him. My brain tells me thats not what they are going to do, and in the immediate future you are going to hear alot of grumblings. But youkilis needs to go. I think he is somewhat of a cancer in the clubhouse, a pain in the a$$, and he needs to be moved....

Its not about wearing out his welcome; its all about giving a sh#$ (or at the very least pretending to) and performance, both of which, sad to say, are trending downward. Personally, I dont think the guy really cares anymore. From back in his highschool days, Beckett has always been the "golden boy", THE MAN, and has actually gotten by on pure power stuff more than actually having to transition to becoming a pitcher. Now that he cannot rely on pure power, you see the decline. A pitcher has to transition from power to pure pitcher and has to want it (see Curt Schilling); Beckett does not seem to have that desire. Facts are facts......when its reported that after he fell out of the Cy Young race last year that he said (and did) he was going to "tank it", when he comes out and says that pitching isnt his number one priority anymore because of his child (as if he is the first pitcher in the history of baseball to have a kid!), when he suddenly has thumb, lat, and now apparently an arm issue (????), the writing is on the wall. Im still waiting for someone, anyone, to show me video footage of where he apparently injured himself against Toronto last year...personally I think he made the whole injury thing up. Do I think he wore out his welcome? If he doesnt care anymore, which I think is the issue, then yes....

Hey Kakistos, I think of players playing as their job. Keeping this in mind, and keeping with the mindset that its like my job, if I consistently screw up at my job, my employer lets me go. I dont have the comfort of knowing that Im gonna get paid NO MATTER WHAT MY PERFORMANCE AT MY JOB IS. While I am not delusional enough to think professional atheletes fall into this category, what I would appreciate it is if they at LEAST FAKED THEY GIVE A SH%^. In other words, if its reported you are injured, make it appear as if you give a damn dont play golf

ha ha ha...so the team just said "hey Josh why dont you skip a start". Really???? Do yourself a favor and read his latest interview with Rob Bradford. WEEI has it. Becketts says he has arm issues now. Lets not forget the apparent thumb issue too. Give me a break already

Who cares? What Red Sox with half a brain didnt know this sellout streak was a complete farce years ago????? Obviously you Chimelis. What does this so-called sellout streak have to do with the team as presently constituted? I will tell you....it rhymes with nothing. Its a story, or opinion, like so many in "knee jerk reaction" nation, that only have "legs" when the team is struggling.
However, its not personal with the ticket sales office, its all business. Its all about advanced sales with this ownership group. Perception outweighing reality if you will. They are banking on the non average knowledgeable fan equating sell out with their being a lack of tickets and buying all their tickets IN ADVANCE. If you think tickets are going to be hard to come buy, you are more apt to buy them well in advance, multiple games at a time. The powers that be really arent concerned about the local yocals.....I mean we all know how to get tickets on the cheap(er) right? This sell out thing is nothing more than a weak attempt to increase and maintain their advance ticket sales to the person from outside the area, or the pink hat nation. The minute they say the sell out streaks over, it means tickets are available.

complete disregard for your craft, your teammates, and the fan base. This is a guy who KNOWS he is getting paid no matter what, and who KNOWS he can nix any trade since he is a 10-5 guy. Just brings me back to my opinion that guaranteed contracts are the death of the sport.....

if there is ANY truth to the rumor floating out there right now that Beckett was out Golfing in the Boston area last Thursday, after being scratched from his start Wednesday afternoon, it will be the beginning of the end for the guy, and his legacy in this town will be completely ruined forever.